Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
God has given us a key to life in this verse. We can live by what we feel or we can live by the truth of God's word. Feelings cause us to walk by sight but God calls us to walk by faith. We may not realise it but what we hear coming out of our mouths will direct the way our lives will unfold because death and life are in the power of our tongues. So often we're speaking defeat and doubt when God exhorts us to speak what He says - life, hope, joy, peace, prosperity, healing, victory....
We can't expect victory when we're talking defeat and negativity because they're the opposite of what God says. We're contradicting God without even realising it! We can't expect healing to come when we're talking and expecting sickness all the time. God says 'Let the weak say I'm strong, let the poor say I am rich.' God's way of doing things is not ours and yet we doggedly go on with our way, because it's what we can see or feel, and wonder why things don't improve!
I believe if we'll change what we say and start speaking the word of God by faith, instead of what we feel, we'll begin to see victory manifest. We'll see our tongues produce the fruit of life, instead of a downward spiral in our situations.
Here's a suggestion. Take any area of your life that you need to see change, find a promise of God about it in scripture and every time you're tempted to say anything negative about it, substitute it with the promise. Ask the Holy Spirit to help you and do it for a morning, then for a day and so on. God says He'll perform His word. Now our part is to believe Him and do what He says.😊
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